MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—The 30-year-old sitting in the home of Somalia’s Minister of Internal Security is a wanted man. There is a U.S. warrant for his arrest and a $50,000 reward for information leading to his capture and conviction. Liban Haji Mohamed is charged with providing material support and resources to Al...
A man claiming to be Omar Mateen’s lover says Mateen specifically targeted gay Latinos
Univision aired a shocking interview on Tuesday with a man who claims that Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was his lover for two months — and that Mateen’s deadly rampage was specifically targeted at gay Latinos.The man, who called himself "Miguel," spoke on condition of anonymity and had his voice and...
Utah business, refugee leaders urge community to hire refugees
SALT LAKE CITY — For Aden Batar, a Somali refugee, getting his first job after he was resettled of Utah in 1994 meant two things: He could pay his family's bills and he would not have to go on public assistance.Although he was college educated, Batar's first job in the...
Somali camel traders pay the price of war in Syria
With markets in the Middle East paralysed by war, Somali traders say their livelihoods are at risk of collapse. Elasha Biyaha, Somalia - It is Wednesday morning in a tea shop made of sticks and tarpaulin next to an expansive open air livestock market in the pop-up town of Elasha...
Man lives for over a year without a heart in his body
A patient in dire need of a heart transplant lived for 17 months with an external artificial heart he carried around in a backpack. Getting an organ transplant isn't simple. There simply aren't enough organs available to accommodate everyone who needs one. In the US alone, there are over 121,000...
Somalia’s al Shabaab says has executed four spies
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's militant al Shabaab group said late Friday it had executed four people it accused of espionage, including one who was beheaded for allegedly giving information to the United States that led to the killing of the group's former leader.The Islamist group wants to topple Somalia's Western-backed...
Somalia Islamist militants attack base
Somalia al Shabaab militants have stormed into a base used by Ethiopian troops after ramming a suicide car bomb into the entrance in the latest assault on soldiers serving with the African Union's AMISOM force, the Islamist group says.The base at Halgan town lies in a region of central Somalia...
In Malawi, albinos are killed for body parts that are believed to bring good luck
Lilongew, Malawi: She is haunted daily by the image of the decapitated head of her nine-year-old son. Police asked Edna Cedrick to identify it after the boy, who had albinism, was snatched from her arms in a violent struggle.The death in February was one in a recent surge in killings...
Muhammad Ali, simply ‘The Greatest’, dead at 74
,Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social conscience and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War as for his dazzling boxing skills, died Friday.He was 74.Once the most outrageous trash talker in sports, he was largely muted for...
Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend in hospital with respiratory issue
FORMER world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is close to death in a hospital, a source close to the family has told Reuters, after being placed on a life-support machine.The Sun reports that four of the 74-year-old’s nine children have rushed to his bedside, with medics apparently telling them they fear...